EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Tagged: education , study ideas , study skills , studying , teaching , technology. For more study tips, see the graphic produced by Study Medicine Europe : Want to make your own graphic? Check out the Piktochart tutorial from EDTECH 4 BEGINNERS by clicking here.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Google Fact Check is the topic of our blog post today! Initially, this ‘Fact Check’ tag was exclusively available in Google News. If a news item had been verified, it would carry a ‘Fact Check’ tag right next to it, thus offering an additional layer of trust and reliability.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 23, 2024

In this blog post, I will share with you some of the best word cloud generators to use for various educational purposes. These generators require no graphic design expertise, making them accessible to educators and students alike. While these tools are generally available for free, some do provide paid options.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

‘ve talked about gamifying elements here and here (and under this tag ). Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, retired educator and now education consultant, goes into depth about simulations–what these are and how to use them. What is a Simulation? What are the Advantages of Simulation in Teaching?

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Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2020

But these unprecedented circumstances have also shown the power of local education networks to respond with new ideas, partnerships, and resources. Remake also doubled down on its catalytic funding initiative, 2020 Ignite Grants , to support educators in innovating, collaborating, and solving complex problems.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Two news stories this week have turned my attention (again) to the issue of conflict of interest in education, technology, and public policy. The first was another in Natasha Singer’s New York Times must-read series, ‘Education Disrupted,’ entitled Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students. By setting up an account, readers can add tags to books and organize them according to their preference. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

Personalized learning is currently emerging as one of the biggest trends in education. So, how can educational institutions offer a personalized learning environment for students without having to divide them into smaller groups based on their interests and level and get a separate teacher for each group? What is personalized learning?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 28, 2021

One of the greatest lessons I learned as a former educator turned e-learning company leader is that an organization is only as successful as its employees. Gathering feedback from hundreds of teachers in more than a decade has shown me that educators also benefit immensely from teaching with the help of technology. .

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 16, 2020

The educational world has never been more dynamic. Established teaching practices are being transformed by the continuous advancements of education technologies. You’ll also be able to explore NEO’s newest features such as drag and drop widgets, assignment annotations, tagging, mentor accounts, and so much more.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 30, 2022

I started using Evernote back in 2009, have been an Evernote trainer, used the beta of Evernote for Education with my students in 2011, and am an Evernote Expert. Tasks lets you set reminders and due dates, tags and even assign to someone, and see all of your tasks in one place, no matter what note the task lives in.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

Technology proficiency becomes essential for future success, and connected devices empower students to navigate the modern workplace. — It also sparked a broader conversation about the importance of digital equity and the need for universal access to technology and the internet. In 2020, T-Mobile launched Project 10Million, a $10.7

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Steve Wheeler is Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at the Plymouth Institute of Education where he chairs the Learning Futures group and leads the Computing and Science education teams. When I first set up my Twitter @edtechneil , it was Steve who encouraged me to set up a blog so I had a useful log of my ideas.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Nonetheless, they contend that its killer app will be education. Tagged on: September 9, 2017 Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Nonetheless, they contend that its killer app will be education. Tagged on: September 9, 2017 Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Education has changed. Over the past few months (well, since March), I’ve spent a lot of time reinventing my teaching protocols, doing a rigorous evaluation of whether my standard practices are best suited for the new best practices for teaching at home and school (click here for lots of info on COVID-19 and education ).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2022

You can also use word clouds to summarize a long text, perform a visual analysis of data, visualize the main content of a website or a blog post, and many more. Once your word cloud is ready you can embed it in your website or blog, or print and save it as PDF. For wordle tools for kids, check out ABCya word cloud generator.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ " Tagged on: May 1, 2017 Can zapping your neck help you quickly learn a foreign language? What do I mean? face up to. |

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Two news stories this week have turned my attention (again) to the issue of conflict of interest in education, technology, and public policy. The first was another in Natasha Singer’s New York Times must-read series, ‘Education Disrupted,’ entitled Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 6, 2017

Here are 10 ways to use technology to give your pupils a real audience for their work: 1) Class blogs. By having a class blog, children know their work will be going online for the ‘world’ to see. Tip: work in exercise books is easy to display on the blog – just take a photo of the page it is on.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2018

And rightfully deserved, VR has the ability to recreate so many of the rules that used to shape education. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Sara Stringer, shares her opinion on the key factors that could affect the importance of VR to education: Opinion: How VR Will Impact Student Education. Special Education. Feasibility.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It has become the most exciting education device in a decade, enticing students to become engaged in pretty much any topic that includes a VR overlay. HowStuffWorks defines it this way: using computer technology to create a simulated, three-dimensional world that a user can manipulate and explore while feeling as if he were in that world. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Previously, a price tag was attached but the creators of simpleshow have decided to make the “Classroom” free of charge, in addition to the free basic account. More on mysimpleshow: 10 Reasons Why Videos are Great Educational Tools. Mysimpleshow–Online Video Creator for Educators. How to Teach With Videos.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 25, 2019

As many educators are either on their summer break or about to enter it, I know many are looking for great books to read. For this, blogging is a great tool not only to synthesize your learning but to also catalog it into a type of library. 3 Ideas to Help You Blog. 5 Reasons Your Portfolio Should be a Blog. (

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Tagged: App , apps for education , early reading , early reading app , learning , reading , reading app , teaching , tech , technology. Whether beginning or remedial readers, students find success with Rhyme to Read. By Sara Hines and Lynn Klaiman (creators of Rhyme to Read).

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 23, 2016

Higher education has been making moderate movements towards implementing video games into the classroom, by conjoining the standard curriculum with an exciting “video game” feel in a concept called Gamification. Thankfully, there are already a plethora of education-based video games circling around the internet with a strong K-12 focus.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my classes, there are still a lot of technology skills that are difficult for students. Keep in mind, I’m the tech teacher and still, I complain heartily about technology! Keep in mind, I’m the tech teacher and still, I complain heartily about technology! Another–all those menus! Enter the stylus.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2019

Technology is a natural education fit in everything from math to Spanish to literacy. The one corner of K-12 learning that is not so obvious is PE — Physical Education. But kids love technology’s apps and software. But, how can teachers use the technology students love to encourage physical education?

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Keeping an eye on emerging trends in technology will give your planning some context and perhaps inspire you to try one or two new things in the new year. Educators everywhere may try to ignore them or just avoid them as much as possible, but it’s only a matter of time until the education landscape will be reshaped by these trends.

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Communicate with parents – send them links to the class blog or notices. Tagged: edtech , education , qr code lessons , qr codes , qr codes in the classroom , teacher , teaching ideas , tech , technology. Ask the students to generate their own QR code to link to their work – great for sharing and peer review.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I learned some great things from United Technologies when I worked at Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft. Technology is also a great resource for getting organized. Save everything here, organized by notebooks, notes, stacks, and tags and searchable. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 4, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The Consumer Electronics Show is in Las Vegas this upcoming week, January 7-10, 2020. However, in January, we turn the spotlight on analyzing new technologies with a critical but futuristic eye. A technology may only be used once.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 18, 2012

Twitter is a great resource for education. Educators can learn, share, collaborate, find help and have some great discussions. It is my go-to source when looking for help, advice, tips, tools, and resources for education. A hash tag is a way of sorting and searching Tweets based on topic. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Students of all ages face new challenges in a technologically dominated world. I’m not saying the old way doesn’t work, but education is leaving it behind for more expensive yet convenient ways. Rather than stubbornly avoiding change, we should embrace the benefits that technology has to offer. That’s where educators come in.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2018

The idea is to connect teachers with teachers through a number of themed blog postings for and by teachers that explore a diverse range of real-life classroom challenges, as well as hot button topics such as equity. National Blogging Collaborative. Currently the community has over 700 000 teacher-members.

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